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A neglected chapter in West Virginia labor history
February 18, 2005BOOK REVIEW During late August 1921, an army of 10,000 armed and angry coal miners marched across West Virginia. Their goal was to liberate Mingo County in the southwest corner of the state, and thereby end...
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Ask the Communists Q&A
February 18, 2005Q: Exactly how would socialism happen in the U.S.? What exactly would a socialist government do? Would there be freedom in the political system for a party that advocated capitalism? A: It is a bit hard...
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Black liberation and working-class unity
February 18, 2005OPINIONThis article, by the editor of our predecessor, The Worker, was written in 1956, and later published in “Revolutionary Tracings, Selected Writings” (International Publishers, 1974). We reprint it, in conjunction with African American History Month, because...
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Challenging the Christian right in rural America
February 18, 2005OPINION Polls from the recent presidential election showed that many working-class voters support Bush’s Christian right “values agenda.” Why? From 1994 until 2002, I worked as a pastor at various Lutheran congregations in rural Iowa, and...
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China defends Wal-Mart workers
February 18, 2005OPINION Just as George W. Bush and the Republicans — who worship at the altar of corporate greed, gleeful at deepening poverty for working families — were basking in the glow of Bush’s re-election, the Chinese...
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